US Secretary Antony J. Blinken referred to the cooperation between Washington and Yerevan, as well as the peace process between Armenia and Azerbaijan during the hearing of US House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs on the FY25 Department of State Budget Request. Congressman Jim costa asked the Secretary…
In Azerbaijan, not the corrupt elite whose crimes are revealed by the press, but journalist are thrown into prison. The new law on the media in order to stifle independent voices seems to the authorities to be insufficient and they are stifling the last independent media in the country, reads the statement of Reporters Without…
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi warned on Wednesday that the “tiniest invasion” by Israel would bring a “massive and harsh” response, as the region braces for potential Israeli retaliation after Iran’s attack over the weekend, Asharq Al-Awsat reports. Raisi spoke at an annual army parade that was relocated to a barracks north of the capital,…
The imminent disconnection of three Baltic states from Russia’s power grid is “a victory for freedom and European unity,” the EU foreign policy chief said Friday. Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania will permanently disconnect from Russia’s power grid on Saturday, Kaja Kallas wrote on X, saying that with this move, Russia can no longer use…
Lebanon’s Hezbollah group confirmed on Saturday that its leader and one of its founders, Hassan Nasrallah, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut the previous day, abc NEWS reports. A statement Saturday said Nasrallah “has joined his fellow martyrs.” Hezbollah vowed to “continue the holy war against the enemy and in support of…
Reuters. Firefighters on Monday (November 7) worked to put out flames at the accident scene where at least seven people were killed and 11 others injured when a truck collided with a passenger bus in Turkey’s eastern Agri province. Heavy black smoke billowed from the scene, and local media reports said passengers had suffered…
Sweden has not yet extradited suspects Turkey seeks over terrorism-related charges, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Wednesday, DW reports. “They must fulfill their responsibilities, or we’ll block their NATO bids,” Çavuşoğlu said, according to state broadcaster TRT World. Çavuşoğlu also claimed, “terror propaganda in Sweden and Finland continues.” Sweden and…
Reuters. Three Southern California wildfires torched dozens of mountain homes, tore through a ski resort and forced thousands to evacuate in towns and cities east of Los Angeles on Wednesday (September 11). Around 40 homes and cabins burned in the villages of Mount Baldy and Wrightwood and flames damaged lifts at the nearby Mountain…
Syria’s Damascus airport will start operating international flights from Jan. 7, Syrian Civil Aviation Authority chief Ashad Al Saliby told Syrian state news agency Sana on Saturday (January 4), Reuters reports. Employees were seen by Reuters preparing Damascus International Airport on December 14 to resume operations after the airport had been closed on December…
Ankara is waiting for a response from Moscow to a proposal to hold a meeting between Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and the UN on the export of grain from Ukrainian ports. This was stated on Saturday by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu at a press conference following talks with his Czech counterpart Jan Lipavský, TASS reports. “We held…
The EU and UK announced on Monday that they are entering negotiations for London to join the bloc’s €90 billion loan for Ukraine, months after similar talks over Britain’s participation in the EU’s defence loan scheme ended in failure. The loan, greenlit in April after months of Hungarian blockage, is meant to cover roughly…
Ahead of Friday’s new tariff package, Trump announced that a 25% tariff would be imposed on India along with another unspecified penalty for importing Russian oil and weapons despite US sanctions, Euronews reports. US President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday in a post on Truth Social that he plans to impose a 25% tariff…
Gen. Mazloum Abdi, top military commander for the Kurdish-led, U.S.-allied Syrian Defense Forces (SDF), said on Wednesday his alliance must suspend operations against the resurgent Islamic State in order to prepare for a potentially massive Turkish invasion that could put hundreds of American troops in Syria at risk. “We did not freeze the joint…
At least five people were killed in a Russian drone strike on a civilian train in northeastern Ukraine, the country’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said, describing the attack as an “act of terrorism,” CNN reports. Emergency workers were confronted with scenes of carnage at the site of the attack in the Kharkiv region on Tuesday,…
The US State Department has warned Georgia about possible “additional measures” due to the resumption of flights with Russia. The corresponding statement was made on Tuesday by Deputy Press Secretary of the US State Department Vedant Patel. “If there are direct flights between Russia and Georgia, this will cause increasing concern not only on…
Russia views the statement by the prime minister of Armenia as a confirmation of the position adopted by him at the Prague summit on October 7, 2022, with the participation of the leaders of Armenia, Azerbaijan, France and the EU, which refers to the Almaty declaration of 1991. Maria Zakharova, the official representative of the…
The US Department of the Interior (DoI) has announced a final rule overturning restrictions set by the Joe Biden administration that limited oil and gas drilling activities across a significant portion of Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve. The decision is in line with President Donald Trump’s aim to ease regulations on domestic fossil fuel extraction,…
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday appointed his former military chief, Gen. Valery Zaluzhny, to become Ukraine’s ambassador to Britain — a next step outside of the military for Zaluzhny a month after he was replaced, The Washington Post reports. Zaluzhny was offered the post last month but didn’t immediately accept, according to…
The Georgian people went to the polls on Saturday in an election environment shaped by the ruling party’s policies, including misuse of public resources, vote buying, and voter intimidation, US State Department Spokesperson Matthew A. Miller stated during the Department’s Press Briefing. “This contributed to an uneven playing field and undermined public and international trust…
Hamas suggested Wednesday that it was open to a ceasefire agreement with Israel, but stopped short of accepting a U.S.-backed proposal announced by President Donald Trump hours earlier, insisting on its longstanding position that any deal bring an end to the war in Gaza, AP reports. Trump said Tuesday that Israel had agreed on…
Vahagn Khachaturyan, President of Armenia, expressed condolences over the deadly blast in Iran’s Kerman city, which took at least 103 lives. “Deeply saddened by the news of explosions in Kerman city of Iran, which claimed innocent lives and left multiple people injured. My most sincere sympathies and deep condolences to the People and Leadership of…
Ukraine requested that Georgia return the ‘Buk’ missile systems that Ukraine sent to Georgia during the 2008 war, Andrei Kasyanov, the Temporarily Representative of the Ukrainian Embassy to Georgia stated, Georgian Today reports. Ukraine Chargé d’affaires added that Ukraine’s request also included anti-tank Javelin missile systems that the US provided to Georgia in 2008….
Azerbaijan’s Deputy Prime Minister Shahin Mustafayev and Iran’s Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mehrdad Bazrpash had a telephone conversation. The officials discussed issues related to bilateral economic relations, including cooperation in the fields of energy and transport. The parties emphasized the need for quick implementation of joint projects, in particular, the new transit…
China’s Foreign Ministry announced on Friday that Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan would visit the country on June 3-5. He will be the guest of top diplomat Wang Yi who met Fidan in the capital of Ankara in July 2023, their first meeting in Türkiye after Fidan took office, Turkish media reports. Türkiye and China…
The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, during the weekly briefing, commenting on the French President’s statement on intensifying mediation efforts and intensifying pressure on Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh issue, noted that Moscow welcomes any initiative that does not contradict Russia’s efforts to normalize relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia, which do not…
The United States is prepared to let Turkey back into its F-35 fighter jet program as long as the issue of its acquisition of the Russian S-400 missile defense system is resolved, Acting Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland has told CNN Turk. “We were in the process of negotiating the Patriot sale, and…
Luxembourg froze Russian assets in the amount of 2.5 billion euros as part of the sanctions.
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said he was picking Richard Grenell, his former intelligence chief, as presidential envoy for special missions, a post where he will likely drive policies toward some U.S. adversaries, including North Korea, Reuters reports. “Ric will work in some of the hottest spots around the World, including Venezuela and North Korea,”…
During the previous day, the Russian peacekeeping troops recorded two violations of the ceasefire regime in Martuni and Shushi regions, Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh). There were no casualties. This is stated in the official bulletin of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. “According to these facts, the command of the Russian peacekeeping force is conducting a joint…
Reuters/CCTV. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday met with Venezuelan Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Samuel Moncada. During their meeting, the secretary‑general reiterated his publicly stated position on the U.S. military strikes on Venezuela on January 3 that led to the forcible seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife. …
